we're still talking about less than 40% of the government and we really need to look at the entire government and they can't do that in 2 20 days of helter skelter rushing. i'm hopeful they will come to their senses, do a short-term temporary measure and have a comprehensive review in n the first quarter of next year, like any business would do it. >> you make a a lot of sense, d. it jtst seems like we need structural change to these programs because we can't afford them the way they're going right now, right? >> that's right. and american's lives have changed. social security was a very good idea and still is a good idea but we're living a lot longer now than when social security was originally started. so we're much more productive. for example, i see people every day who are working in their 70s and 80s, yet alone retiring at 65 years old. i think there when someone else for social security has to change as well. we have to update these it ine e entitlements based on where human beings are now. >> don, i want to talk about the underlying economy, really what's going on because we hear so m